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The Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 2019Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 December 2019370,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
370,690 km230,336 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 05:13 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 12, 201905:12
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 19, 201904:57

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2019 to the new moon of December 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.59 days.